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Respecting Bodies and Saving Lives: Jewish Perspectives on Organ Donation and Transplantation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 September 2001

AARON L. MACKLER
AARON L. MACKLER
Affiliation:
Doctoral program in Health Care Ethics at Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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Abstract

Organ donation and transplantation touch on profound, and at times elusive, values and beliefs. These involve personal identity, embodiment, the relationship between the individual and the community, and death. Different cultural and religious perspectives, reflecting deeply ingrained but often unspoken assumptions about human identity and responsibilities, subtly but profoundly affect attitudes to donation and transplantation.

Type
SPECIAL SECTION: TRANSPLANTATION ETHICS: OLD QUESTIONS, NEW ANSWERS?
Information
Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics , Volume 10 , Issue 4 , October 2001 , pp. 420 - 429
Copyright
© 2001 Cambridge University Press

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